we have video of sheriff ross mirkarimi leaving a san francisco courtroom just a few hours ago. a judge set his trial date for february 24th. mirkarimi is facing misdemeanor charges for allegedly bruising his wife's arm in front of his young son on new year's eve. a woman who says she's a friend of mirkarimi's wife say the charges are hurting the family. >> it's terribly hard and every night, you know, his son theo asks for daddy is very depressed and wants to see his father home and that's the violence in the situation, that is they're, you know, tearing a family apart and doing more damage than good. >> it's one of the more overblown cases i've seen in the 28 year i've been in the building. >> mirkarimi will be back in court thursday to ask the judge to lift an order that forced him to stay awhay from his family. he'll stay in office while he fights charges. >>> those not getting much press but the occupiedment oakland costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands. the weekly saturday night occupation downtown, that adds up to $50,000 per week. city leaders say the overall occupy ta